Crystal Safadi
Jose Oscar Encuentra
PhD Candidate
Email: joeb1e12@soton.ac.uk

Research topic: How do the Archaeology of shipwrecks, contribute to understand the maritime networks of Narbo Martius and its role as a Hub of maritime trade and redistribution (1st c. BC – 3rd c. AD).

Life is a continuous challenge and only those who dare, win: “Audentes fortuna iuvat”.

Jose Oscar changed his professional career in 2010; after 10 years teaching History in secondary schools in Spain, He decided to fulfil one of his dreams: becoming an Underwater Archaeologist.

He has been fulfilling this dream since 2011 when he enrolled the D.U. Archéologie Sous-Marine at University of Nîmes, France.

In 2011 and 2012, he was already involved in several underwater archaeology projects in France, Spain, Belgium and Bolivia: Port-Vendres, Narbonne-Mandirac, Nice-Baie des Anges, Arles-Rhône, Bajo de la Campana, Deltebre, Grottes de Han, Huiñaimarca-Lago Titicaca.   

After finishing his Master, with Distinction, in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton in 2013, Jose Oscar joined the Maritime Archaeology Trust (UK) where he was  involved in the Arch-Manche, Forgotten Wrecks of the WW1 and Common Cultural Connections Projects as Education & Outreach Officer.

In 2016, Jose Oscar joined as a Research Associate the Université Libre de Bruxelles where he was involved in the Lake Titicaca Project (Bolivia). Apart from

excavating underwater at 3815 m of altitude, he was the Director of the Underwater Field School for Bolivian archaeologists and trained the first generation of Bolivian underwater archaeologists.

Returned from Bolivia in 2017, he joined, as co-director, the 'Cap Gros' Project: Excavation of the remains of a 1st c. AD Shipwreck with a cargo of Pacual 1 Amphorae. ARESMAR, Port-Vendres, France.

Finally, Jose Oscar decided that the time had arrived to change, provisionally, the airlifts for the books and focussing during the next 5 years (Part-Time) in his PhD studies at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton.

However, the call of the Sea is always intense.

To be continued…

 

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Jose Oscar Encuentra
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Crystal Safadi

PhD student funded by the Honor Frost Foundation. So far I completed two Masters degrees at the University of Southampton: an MSc in Archaeological Computing Spatial Technologies (2012-2013), thesis entitled ' The Beqa'a Valley during the Early Bronze Age: a GIS Approach to Settlement Patterns',  and an MA in Maritime Archaeology (2013-2014), 'Bronze Age and Iron Age Levantine Harbours: an Evaluation of their Afforded Maritime Accessibility and Protection'. During my Masters degrees I developed a set of skills and a passion for GIS, computational approaches, and marine geophysics. In my PhD research I will draw on several methods to investigate the maritime world of the Levantine Early Bronze Age through space and time. I worked on several archaeological digs and surveys, terrestrial and underwater ( Nissia Shipwreck Project 2014, Deltebre I shipwreck excavation 2014, Underwater survey in Anfeh Lebanon 2013, Excavation at Baalbek Lebanon 2012, excavation at Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Lebanon 2011, Tell el-Burak excavation 2011, etc.). Thanks to the support of the Honor Frost Foundation, The Said foundation, the British Lebanese Association, the University of Southampton Archaeology team, and my supervisors Dr Lucy blue and Dr Fraser Sturt, I was and still able to pursue my postgraduate studies.  

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